Comments on: Today's the vernal equinox!

By: Stephen Samuel

Stephen Samuel — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:27:03 +0000

If you really want to bust up the egg balancing meme, have an egg-balancing gathering at summer/winter solstice — about as far as you can get from equinox.

… and things like that will get the attention of journalists who are having a boring day at work.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:51:05 +0000

For YEARS I would get up in the wee hours of the morning just to do the egg balancing act. Only a few years ago did I find out it wasn’t true. There went the one magical thing I could do!

By: Adam English

Adam English — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:56:11 +0000

My desktop…OF SCIENCE!

By: Buzz Parsec

Buzz Parsec — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:25:25 +0000

To the people claiming that yesterday marked the middle of spring and not the start… Try telling that to the 2 inches of slush that fell from the sky today. Seasons are a climactic notion, not an astronomical one. Climate lags solar heat input by at least 1.5 months, so it is completely appropriate to say that spring begins on the vernal equinox, and summer begins on the solstice.

If I sound a little cranky about this, it’s because my feet are cold and wet and I’m totally justified in feeling this way. So There!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:27:34 +0000

I show the students a 3 dimensional celestial globe with ecliptic and moveable sun on it. This easily shows the motions of the sun from day to day and effects like daylight increase, it is very easy to grasp and fun to do this demonstration.

By: alex lehar

alex lehar — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:14:03 +0000

wow, I love it! another controversy quashed!

By: Nancy Ruth

Nancy Ruth — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:52:33 +0000

all of my resources show the vernal equinox on March 20 ……. That was yesterday! Are they wrong? just wondering…..I’m a teacher and I like to be accurate when we discuss such things in class. thanks!

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:07:24 +0000

Here in Memphis it is supposed to be in the low 80s today.

Memphis has only two seasons: Cold & Flu or Mosquito.

By: Ken B

Ken B — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:51:54 +0000

Here in southern New York, on the first “full” day of Spring, the current weather is…

snow.

By: Thameron

Thameron — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:55:31 +0000

@47. Messier Tidy Upper Says:

More than half, but whose counting? As to method – The grateful people that I have saved from their drab, humdrum existence are killing me with kindness (and soft cushions) naturally.